Owner`s manual

To turn ‘ON’ the Zone when it is ‘OFF’: Press the
‘ZONE’ button, ‘ZONE OFF’ appears, Press the
‘STANDBY’ button on the remote or on the front
panel and the Zone Control screen appears. If the
‘Main’ is turned off, (Standby mode), you can
still access the Zone menu by pressing the ‘Zone’
button on the remote. If ‘Zone Off’ appears,
pressing the STANDBY button on the remote wand
or on the Front Panel turns on the remote Zone.
While ‘ZONE’ is displayed in the menu all front
panel buttons or Remote Control operations
(except ZONE) only affect the operation of the
remote Zone. Pressing the ZONE button while
‘ZONE:
is displayed returns to control of the MAIN area.
Although the remote control wand is required to
initiate access to the Zone, it is possible to change
remote SOURCEs and remote Volume with the
buttons on the front panel once you have turned
on the Zone control. It is even possible to turn the
Zone on and off with the STANDBY button. If you
turn off the Zone you may turn it back on again
by pressing STANDBY within ten seconds. (There
is also a ten second window for accessing any
of the SOURCEs. Control of the Zone persists
for approximately ten seconds after pressing any
button, then reverts to Main). If Main is in standby
the panel goes dark. (There is no video output
when accessing ZONE if the main area is in
Standby mode).
If the Zone is ‘Off’ the 12 volt DC output for the
remote Zone is turned off. If it is ‘On’ there is a 12
volt DC trigger voltage present at the ‘DC’ Zone
3.5 mm jack on the rear of the SSP-75. You can
use this voltage to turn on and off any equipment
associated with the operation of the remote zone.
7.3.3 CONTROL MAIN AREA FROM ZONE
Pressing the ZONE button while in the remote Zone
area causes any following remote wand commands
to control the Main area. Since there is no On
Screen Display in the Zone area it may be a little
difficult to know what you’re doing. There are a
few things you might want to with the Main area
from the remote Zone, such as turn the processor
off and with it the equipment attached to the 12
volt DC trigger utilizing the SLEEP function or the
STANDBY key. However, there are very few Main
functions you can utilize from the Zone.
We also want to warn you that since you can’t see
or hear what is going on in the Main area, that
care should be taken to not accidentally control it
by touching the ZONE key. If you are using a
trained remote wand for the remote Zone we
suggest you NOT include the Zone command.
7.4 MODE SELECTION
7.4.0 INTRODUCTION
The Mode button steps you through the SSP-75’s
various operating modes: Cinema, Music, Mono
(Center) and Stereo. Utilizing the two buttons you
can quickly arrive at the mode you desire. When in
Cinema mode either DOLBY PRO-LOGIC, DOLBY
DIGITAL (AC3) or DTS is selected automatically,
depending upon the program material available
on the active audio input
7.4.1 DTS® CINEMA
DTS is a digital encoding of Six channels of discrete
information. Termed 5.1 for the Left front, Center,
Right Front, right Surround and Left Surround plus
the subwoofer/LFE, DTS provides a full surround
effect. DTS Cinema boosts LFE by 10 dB.
7.4.2 DTS® MUSIC
DTS Music is similar to DTS Cinema in providing a
surround effect with music playback, except LFE is
not boosted. When listening to a DTS encoded
music video DVD or music CD, please switch to
‘DTS Music’ mode.
The THX features should be de-activated as they
are not needed. Music is generally mixed in a small
environment. Playback of material that was mixed
for a large environment such as movies, benefits
from THX features. Please see Appendix A (Page
57) for a description of THX features.
7.4.3 PARTY
This mode makes full use of your multi-channel
speaker array even as you enjoy two channel
(stereo) sources. Party sends left channel
information to Left Front and Left Surround
speakers, right channel data to Right Front and
Right Surround speakers, and a summed (L+R)
signal to the Center speaker.
7.4.4 STEREO
When Stereo is selected the signal is routed
through the DSP, and low frequency information,
as per your selection of speaker size, is sent to the
woofer, if one is present.
7.4.5 MONO
Mono (Monaural) combines the L and R signals
from a conventional two channel stereo source and
routes this summed signal to Left Front and Right
Front speakers only if there is no center channel. It
thus produces a ‘phantom’ center channel. The
combined signals are played only through the
Center channel if it is available
7.4.6 DOLBY DIGITAL®
Dolby Digital invokes advanced decoding for any
source containing a Dolby Digital (AC-3)-encoded
soundtrack. This is the preferred mode for many
laser discs, almost all DVDs, and soon-to-be-
available HDTV broadcasts. (Note: Some first-
generation DVD players have internal menu
systems seemingly designed to ‘hide’ Dolby
Digital soundtracks. Read the DVD player’s manual
carefully to make sure it is actually sending a Dolby
Digital datastream to the SSP-75. Correction of
DVD Player Setup may be required).
7.4.7 DOLBY PRO LOGIC®
This unlocks the spatial potential of all Dolby
Surround-encoded sources. These include
thousands of movie videotapes, many standard
television broadcasts, and a variety of games.
(Note: The SSP-75 does all Pro Logic decoding in
the digital domain for maximum accuracy.)
7.4.8 NOTE: THX FEATURES
Pressing the THX button on the remote control
handset activates the THX features and illuminates
the indicator on the front panel. Please see
Appendix A (Page 57) for a description of THX and
the THX features. Movies which have been
encoded in Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic,
Stereo and Mono can all benefit from activating the
THX features. THX features should be activated
only when watching movies which were mixed for
playback in large movie theatre environments.
THX need not be activated for music, movies that
were made especially for television or shows such
as sports programming, talk shows, etc. This is
because they were mixed in a small room
environment.
7.5 FIRST AID
The SSP-75 control circuitry is based on the most
advanced microprocessors available today. As is
often the case with personal computers, the SSP-75
might occasionally exhibit some anomalies. With
computers, most of these difficulties result from AC
line surges, sags or outages, spurious inputs, etc.
The SSP-75 functions in an even harsher environment
as it will be connected to cable and satellite video
sources that provide even more direct pathways for
unwanted electrical or electronic interference.
If you experience unexpected behavior, or if the
SSP-75 ‘locks up’ and does not respond to control
commands, simply reset it by turning the rear panel
On/Off switch Off. Wait about 10 to 20 seconds
and then turn it On again. This resets all the
internal control circuitry and will undoubtedly solve
almost all the problems you experience. You will
not need to actually unplug the unit from the wall
or remove the AC cord from the rear of the unit,
the rear panel on/off switch is a master switch and
turns off all electric feed to the processor.
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